title: A large-scale outbreak of bovine ephemeral fever in Turkey, 2012.
abstract: Regional cases of bovine ephemeral fever (BEF) were documented previously in Turkey. Previous cases were confirmed in South-East Turkey with low cow mortality. Recent BEF-suspected outbreaks with high mortality were documented in many regions of Turkey in 2012. The aim of study was the epidemiological examination of the outbreak and molecular characterization of the viruses detected from the outbreak. For this reason, blood samples were collected from BEF-suspected outbreak regions. From the results of RT-PCR, high rate of BEF-suspected samples (48/60 or 80%) was found positive for BEF virus (BEFV) RNA. The nucleotide sequences of the G1 region of G gene of BEFV in the current study during the 2012 outbreak were grouped into cluster II of BEFV. It was suggested that BEFV may be spread out to other neighbor countries in the future years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Firat University, 23110 Elazig, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sukru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tonbak
authors.forename: Engin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Berber
authors.forename: Mustafa Deniz
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Yoruk
authors.forename: Ahmet Kursat
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Azkur
authors.forename: Zuleyha
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Pestil
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bulut
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D004810:Ephemeral Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D018115:Ephemeral Fever Virus, Bovine / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins